NCSoft has published its Q2 2017 earnings report that shows a huge increase in mobile games revenue and a fairly significant across-the-board drop in revenue generation for PC games. Lineage M is the juggernaut that drove profits up by approximately 8%, an increase both year over year and quarter over quarter.
ROX Gaming enters the FGC by signing Tekken pro Jaemin “Knee” Bae
Known mainly for their League of Legends team ROX Tigers, South Korean esports organization ROX Gaming is entering the FGC by signing veteran Tekken pro Jaemin “Knee” Bae. Some regard Knee as the greatest Tekken player of all time, being one of the players who cut their teeth in Korea’s legendary Green Arcade.
He’s certainly earned his stripes in Tekken 7, gaining third at Evo 2017 and being in the top five on the Asia-Pacific leaderboard for the Tekken World Tour. Along with Echo Fox’s Saint and JDCR, Korea is becoming the country to beat in competitive Tekken.
“We were impressed with Knee’s consistent level of play and his ability to perform at the highest level for over a decade now. With the Tekken World Tour being announced this year, it was a no brainer to pick him up to represent our organization. His personality, skill level, and class all align with the ideals that ROX instills in its players and teams,” says Eliot Namgung, director of esports for ROX Gaming.
Hopefully, Knee’s signing will inspire other big Korean esports organizations to start picking up players within the FGC. Could we see SKT finally joining the fray soon?
Source: ROX Gaming; featured image c/o ROX Gaming
“Bizarro am worst hero!” See all of Bizarro’s intro dialogues with the entire Injustice 2 cast
Earlier this week, Injustice 2‘s August Update brought a myriad of bug fixes and balance changes to the game, as well as preparing the game for the upcoming release of Starfire and introducing new Tournament Shaders.. However, perhaps the biggest non-gameplay-related change was the addition of a new Premier Skin for Superman, which transforms the Man Of Steel into his backwards-speaking dim-witted clone created by Lex Luthor, Bizarro.
Known for speaking in opposites, his intentions and demeanor can often-times come off as confusing to his enemies. History Behind The Warrior has made a pair of videos compiling all of El-Kal’s (voiced by Patrick Seitz) character-specific intros with the entire cast, including himself and all other Premier Skins released so far, which you can see below.
TheHackingFreak also brings us a compilation of Bizarro’s Clash quotes with the entire cast, of which he has over 60.
Sources: History Behind The Warrior; TheHackingFreak
Injustice 2 Watchtower livestream featuring Starfire breakdown set for August 7th
Though the Injustice 2 community is still reeling from the balance changes made in the game’s August Update, NetherRealm Studios is keeping the ball rolling by announcing that the next Injustice 2 Watchtower Livestream will be taking place on Monday, August 7th, at 3 PM CST (1 PM PST). This time, the crew will be providing a breakdown of Injustice 2‘s upcoming third DLC character, Starfire, who will be rounding out Fighter Pack 1, following the releases of Red Hood and Sub-Zero.
If the past is any indication, expect community specialist Tyler Lansdown, designer Derek Kirtzic, Steve “16-Bit” Brownback, and possibly even Paulo Garcia to show off every last detail of the Tamaranean princess. As always, you can submit questions for the team on Twitter using the hashtag #AskTheWatchtower. You can see the announcement by the Injustice 2 Twitter account below.
Join us on Monday at https://t.co/xASziaIvRw for STARFIRE! Any questions for the stream use the #askthewatchtower pic.twitter.com/iJmJ0EzQru
— Injustice2 (@InjusticeGame) August 3, 2017
Source: InjusticeGame (Twitter) via Test Your Might
See eight of Injustice 2’s voice actors compete in a special tournament at Body Count Fighting
Recently, the Body Count Fighting team invited eight voice actors of the Injustice 2 cast to battle it out in an 8-person tournament at their studios in Burbank, California. The participants included:
- Phil LaMarr (Aquaman, John Stewart Green Lantern)
- Taliesin Jaffe (The Flash)
- Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman)
- Joey Naber (Black Adam)
- Matthew Mercer (Deadshot)
- Ogie Banks (Firestorm)
- Charles Halford (Gorilla Grodd)
- Michael-Leon Wooley (Darkseid)
Though this is certainly not anywhere the most technical or highest-level of competitive play you’ll ever see, it’s undeniably entertaining and it’s great to see the people behind the voices of some of our favorite characters having a great time and enjoying these games as much as we do.
You can catch all of the tournament matches below.
Which voice actor were you rooting for in this tournament? Let us know what you thought of the event in our comments.
Source: Body Count Fighting via Test Your Might
Registration is still open for the Pokkén World Championship last chance qualifier
With the Pokémon World Championships fast approaching, there is still time left to register for the Pokkén Tournament last chance qualifier. This final qualifying event will take place on August 18th, with the top four players being invited back to compete in the World Finals on the following day. With $20,000 up for grabs, it’s definitely worth entering if you are in the Anaheim area.
Registration costs $30, with competitors receiving a spectator pass for the rest of the World Championship events, along with six Pokémon TCG booster packs as a little extra bonus. The tournament is double-elimination like most FGC events, but the only permitted controller is the special HORI Pokkén fight-pad. If you’re a dedicated Wii U Pro Controller player, better get onto eBay and start looking for a tournament legal controller.
If you cannot make it to Anaheim, there are still several Pokkén tournaments going on throughout the year, with several receiving a $1000 pot bonus courtesy of Evo. Once Pokkén Tournament DX launches in September, expect a load of new Trainers to join the Pokkén scene.
Source: The Pokémon Company
Android 17 may be coming to DragonBall FighterZ, according to comments from their English voice actor
While Bandai Namco and Arc System Works recently unveiled Future Trunks at Evo and also announced Piccolo and Krillin in a recent edition of Weekly Shonen Jump, it appears we now know the identity of another Z Warrior joining the cast of Dragon Ball FighterZ, due to a leak from their English voice actor.
Chuck Huber, known for being the English voice of Android 17, was asked during a recent convention appearance at Florida Supercon if he’d recorded his lines for the android’s grand return to the series in Dragon Ball Super‘s currently-ongoing “Universe Survival Arc.” According to Enrique Bermudez on Twitter, Huber provided a quite the interesting response, saying:
“I haven’t done Dragon Ball Super, but I have done my lines for FighterZ.” After being informed that 17 isn’t among the currently announced cast members, he responded with a simple, “Whoops,” and noted that he didn’t have to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) so he’s probably fine.
We know that we’ll be seeing an “enhanced” version of the title later this month at Gamescom in Germany, which should contain Future Trunks, Piccolo, Krillin and now potentially Android 17 as the rumored 10th character. If these Tweets are true, it also confirms that the game will be receiving an English dub by Funimation — which isn’t surprising given that it is a Dragon Ball game — but is nonetheless reassuring after Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and BlazBlue Central Fiction didn’t receive an English dub. Fingers crossed that Androids 16 and 18 will be joining 17 on the battlefield. You can view all of Bermudez’s Tweets below.
Because they REALLY wanted to feel like the top 1% of zeni owners. Also android 17 confirmed for fighterZ by his voice actor
— Enrique Bermudez (@MidshipGuitar) August 2, 2017
Yeah I spoke to his voice actor at my last con, and my question was "did you do your dragon ball super voice lines?"
— Enrique Bermudez (@MidshipGuitar) August 2, 2017
^^^ And he replied with "I haven't done dragon ball super, but I have done my lines for fighterz"
— Enrique Bermudez (@MidshipGuitar) August 2, 2017
^^^ I told him that android 17 hasn't been announced and he said Whoops. He didn't have to sign an NDA so i believe its fine
— Enrique Bermudez (@MidshipGuitar) August 2, 2017
It was at Florida Supercon. Sorry for not responding earlier, haven't been able to.
— Enrique Bermudez (@MidshipGuitar) August 3, 2017
Dragon Ball FighterZ is currently scheduled for an early 2018 release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.
Source: MidshipGuitar (Twitter)
Timothy Bradley announces retirement from boxing
Former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley has announced his retirement from boxing.
Bradley held the WBC and WBO light welterweight titles before moving up to welterweight and claiming the WBO belt on two occasions.
The 33-year-old made the announcement while commentating on Vasyl Lomachenko’s win over Miguel Marriaga on Saturday.
“I had a helluva run. It was a good career,” said Bradley. “I’m just not motivated to do this anymore. I’ve saved my money. I’m good.”
Bradley defeated Manny…
Timothy Bradley announces retirement from boxing
Former two-weight world champion Timothy Bradley has announced his retirement from boxing.
Bradley held the WBC and WBO light welterweight titles before moving up to welterweight and claiming the WBO belt on two occasions.
The 33-year-old made the announcement while commentating on Vasyl Lomachenko’s win over Miguel Marriaga on Saturday.
“I had a helluva run. It was a good career,” said Bradley. “I’m just not motivated to do this anymore. I’ve saved my money. I’m good.”
Bradley defeated Manny…
Lomachenko dismantles Marriaga in seven
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) defeated Miguel Marriaga (25-3, 21 KOs) by seventh round stoppage on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Two-weight world champion Lomachenko knocked the Colombian down twice before Marriaga’s corner stopped the one-sided fight.
The Ukrainian connected with solid jabs and hard body shots from the start while Marriaga hardly landed a shot.
Lomachenko dropped the challenger with a straight left in the third….